The eyewear is also available in children’s styles, a nice touch. Below, the Gaby frame:

Courtesy Lilly Pulitzer/Kenmark

A closer look at a pair from the Girl’s collection.

Courtesy Lilly Pulitzer/Kenmark

It is fascinating to see firms like Lilly and Tory Burch expand their product offerings.

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Many readers know how we feel about the current incarnation of Abercrombie & Fitch, as detailed in this post (“Those Abercrombie Abs Part 1“) and in this post (“Those Abercrombie Abs Part 2“), in which we discuss the retailer as it used to be, back in the olden days, when the label looked like this, reading ‘Abercrombie and Fitch, Country Clothiers.’

TP's Turtleneck

The turtleneck partially shown above was just removed from storage and placed back on the shelf for another season of wear, despite the fact many might refer to it as ‘vintage clothing’. It could be 25 to 30 years old, we really don’t recall, we only know it is très comfy and also retains a high snuggle factor, imperatives here at the Prepatorium.

Wikipedia

(No, not this old, that’s from 1909!)

Back to the issue at hand: the wretched retailer opened its first store in Italy last week, only its second in Europe. On hand for the festivities surrounding the grand opening?

Courtesy photo via WWD

The young men are models for the new store in Milan.

Indeed.

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Also opening a new store (and with properly clad employees),Louis Vuitton.

Courtesy Photo via WWD

The new shop is also at one of our favorite haunts when seeking retail therapy, NorthPark in Dallas.

Courtesy Photo via WWD

We’ll trust Hopsy and other Dallas bloggers to fill us in on how the new establishment is in person.

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It wouldn’t be the Monday after Halloween if we didn’t gratuitously post about the costumes sported by Gossip Girl stars and IRL sweethearts Blake Lively and Penn Badgley. Ms. Lively was a flight attendant…

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty via Just Jared

…while Mr. Badgley was unclear on exactly who/what he was portraying; he also happened to be celebrating his 23rd birthday.

We must excuse ourselves now and seek out a quiet place to ponder the events of last night.

11 responses to “The Eyes Have It, Store Openings”

love the Lillians and I will have to keep my eyes peeled for those this Dec when I go to get new specs!

I am not sure if you know this but I was asked 5+ times to work at Abercrombie- they used to come to our campus and if they liked how you looked (seriously, they gave you a one-over) they asked you to work there. One of those times I was even asked to be manager and I have never worked in retail! hahahahaa!